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This month at the second annual Quanser Distributor Conference, Quanser hosted 22 of our distributors from Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Our team shared Quanser's knowledge and expertise with the distributors so they can support engineering educators and researchers in their regions even better. We also showcased the latest technology under development in Quanser. Want a sneak peek at what Quanser's engineers are working on? Read about the unmanned ground vehicle tele-operated with a gesture-sensing glove.
Talking with our distributors gave us deeper insight into specific challenges engineering educators face in their regions. Many educators are looking for new ways how to motivate students and give them real-word engineering experience. Read how the University of East London turns theory into action to engage students.
For engineering educators that want to build or enhance their control lab and while staying within their budget, here's a tip: Quanser's Rotary Control Lab with 10 add-on modules allows you to create experiments across a wide range of topics and complexity: a smart solution you can control.
Plus, you can still request a complimentary copy of the recently published Norman Nise textbook and see how virtual experiments can help you teach control.
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Teaching Tools
A Smart Solution You Can Control |
 Sourcing reliable control lab equipment while staying within budget is one of the challenges engineering educators often face. Quanser's Rotary Controls Lab helps overcome it: you can select from 10 add-on modules to create experiments of varying complexity across a wide range of topics, disciplines and courses. Quanser's Rotary Control Lab workstations are an ideal choice for introductory, intermediate and advanced studies. Add comprehensive course materials and compatibility with LabVIEW and MATLAB/Simulink and you get a smart solution that will help you stay in control.
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Focused on Robotics:
A Helping Hand for Teaching and Research |
A significant advancement in robotics teaching and research is on the horizon: Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) tele-operation involving a gesture-sensing glove and a magnetic motion tracking system. Researchers, instructors and students can look forward to a more immersive, intuitive experience, as well as a significantly shorter learning curve. The small UGV with glove tele-operation functionality will join the fleet of Quanser unmanned systems in the near future to help turn robotics theory into practice.
Read more about the teleoperation system and see it in action |
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Quanser around the World
Bringing Expertise & Solutions Closer to You
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 The right solution for your engineering lab may be closer than you thought: in more than 30 countries around the globe Quanser's distributors are ready to help. To keep our distributors on top of the latest developments at Quanser, we invite them to Canada for the annual Quanser's Distributor Conference. They can meet with engineers who develop our cutting-edge systems and discuss with the whole Quanser team how to serve academia in their regions even better. This year's conference brought 22 representatives to Toronto from Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Three days of presentations, discussions and practical demonstrations had one goal: bring Quanser expertise and solutions closer to you. |
| In Your Own Words |
 "One nice thing about Quanser [rotary] modules is that they do not overwhelm students with the details of hardware and software implementation, so that the instructors can directly discuss the very fundamentals of system dynamics and control systems on realistic experiments."
Dr. Rifat Sipahi, Northeastern University, USA
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Theory in Action at the University of East London
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Many structural dynamics and earthquake engineering concepts are quite complex. To help students understand them better, the University of East London turns theory into action and gives students experience with real-world engineering.
For the full story click here.
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Teach Control with the Help of Virtual Experiments
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Control Systems Engineering by Norman S. Nise is the most widely adopted textbook for core control courses. The sixth edition offers a dynamic new feature: the text is supported by 10 virtual experiments from Quanser, which are powered by LabVIEW.
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